Ronald
Edward 'Ron' Holloway (born August 24, 1953, Washington,
D.C., United States) is an American tenor saxophonist. He is listed in the
Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz where veteran jazz critic Ira Gitler
described Holloway as a 'bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R&B
and croon a ballad with warm, blue feeling.' Holloway is the recipient of 42
Washington Area Music Awards, or Wammies, two of which he received as
musician of the year. Holloway has worked with
Susan Tedeschi, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil
Scott-Heron and Root Boy Slim. He is currently a member of The Warren Haynes
Band.

Biography

Early years and influences
Ron Holloway was born to Winston and Marjorie Holloway, avid jazz fans who
met while attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. Holloway recalls
his father adding to his collection of Prestige and Blue Note jazz albums;
something he has kept up until the present day. Holloway's parents, while
not musicians, provided a nurturing musical environment for their son.
Holloway's father favored the saxophone and trumpet-led albums and
particularly enjoyed the great horn soloists.R&B-influenced Willis Gator
Jackson was easiest to grasp at first, but soon he identified the sounds of
Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Miles Davis as his principle influences.

After high school graduation, Holloway routinely practiced 8–12 hours a day
along with sitting in with bands of all kinds, in jam sessions, which
resulted in broadening his versatility. He became familiar with a wide
variety of genres. Holloway would frequently perform with jazz, R&B, funk,
rock, jazz fusion, blues, country and folk music groups, within the same
week. As the Washington D.C. music scene continued to thrive in the 1970s,
Holloway joined his first D.C. based bands; popular R&B groups called 'The
Sounds of Shea' and 'Mad Dog & the Lowlifers'.

In 1974, Holloway went to see Freddie Hubbard in concert and brought an
audio cassette tape he'd made while rehearsing to one of Hubbard's
recordings. During the intermission he introduced himself and played the
tape for Hubbard. After hearing the tape, Hubbard invited Holloway to come
back and play with him that Sunday night. He did so and at the end of the
performance Hubbard extended an open invitation to sit in with him whenever
Hubbard was in town. The next year, Sonny Rollins conducted a clinic at
Howard University. Backed by a rhythm section composed of local musicians,
Rollins invited the young horn players onstage. Holloway joined him on
Rollins' 'Playin' in the Yard'. After his solo, Holloway received a standing
ovation from the audience. Rollins and Holloway remained in touch
afterwards, becoming good friends. The friendship and respect between the
two ran both ways. Rollins has been equally generous in his praise of
Holloway over the years and has mentioned him in several interviews as one
of his favorite young tenor players. Holloway enjoyed 'his sense of organic
construction, ambidextrous timing, humorous quotes, swagger, keen sense of
drama and unique tonal texture.'

In the summer of 1977 a new club opened and the performers included Rollins,
Hubbard and Dizzy Gillespie. Holloway approached Gillespie's dressing room
and as he had done with Rollins, brought a tape with him- this time of his
performance with Rollins. After Gillespie listened to the tape, he asked
Holloway if he had brought his horn, to which Holloway confessed he hadn't
because he was concerned about appearing presumptuous. Holloway found
himself performing with Gillespie all week. Afterwards, he had a standing
invitation to sit in with the band. In 1979 Holloway sat in with Dizzy
Gillespie at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England. Holloway continued
to sit in with Gillespie well into the eighties and on June 6, 1987,
performed with a large group of musicians honoring Gillespie at Wolf Trap
National Park for the Performing Arts.

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